Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed more than 300 public acts into law during his first year in office, but legislation he backed that would have allowed Michigan to partner with Canada on a new international crossing in Detroit never reached his desk.

In a year full of political victories, it was a notable failure.

And with a little prodding from veteran political reporter Tim Skubick, Snyder acknowledged mistakes.

Skubick: You started out by not telling the legislative leaders on your party that you were going to do it. Mistake number one, yes?

Snyder: It would have been probably better to communicate, yes.

Skubick: Mistake number two. Legislative leaders came to you saying, "Governor, we don't want to deal with the bridge right now. Let's do the budget." You agreed. By the time you got around to it, the opposition was already solidified. You gave them a hands up. That was mistake number two, yes?

Snyder: Yes. That would be accurate because the budget was more important.

Skubick: Mistake number three. The other side spent a boatload of money and you didn't respond. Yes?

Snyder: That would be correct, largely.

Undeterred, the man who relentlessly stressed "relentless positive action" in 2011 says he has learned from those mistakes and will put the Detroit-Windsor bridge back on his agenda for 2012.

Snyder says he'd like to work with the legislature, but there's also talk he could find a way to move ahead without them. Either way, it's clear the bridge battle isn't going away.